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1929007928Paris: Editions De La Pleiade 1929. An edition limited to 1270 copies 50 copies out of trade this #218 of the 1100 copies printed on vellum. Wonderfully illustrated by Jacques Boullaire. Full translation from the first English edition of 1726 by Mrs. S. Martin-Chauffier. . Two volumes bound in quarter vellum over decorative floral paper covered boards floral end papers top edges gilt original paper covers and spines bound in. Near Fine light soiling to vellum small rubs at corners. A lovely set of this classic story. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Quarter Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Editions De La Pleiade Hardcover books
1946008937New York: The Macmillan Co 1946. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR Maud and Miska Petersham at front end page. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1946. Second Printing stated. No jacket Very Good Plus light wear at top corners. SCARCE in commerce in any printing SIGNED BY both Petershams. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Macmillan Co, hardcover books
1958008319New York: Thomas Y Crowell & Co. 1958. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page - "from Sandra Cooney to Dana Ericson". Caldecott Medal Winner for 1959. SCARCE in the First Edition and SIGNED. Near Fine original orange decorative cloth with patterned end papers tiny rubs at bottom corners in a Near Fine dust jacket faint closed tear bottom edge front panel tiny chips at corners. Caldecott Medal front panel correct price of $3.00 front flap. A sweet copy and tough to find in this condition and signed/inscribed. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Nea Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thomas Y Crowell & Co. Hardcover books
1982007559Newburyport MA: Lance Hidy 1982. Hidy #13. Printed for Godine Books a 6-color silkscreen poster 21 1/2"w x 29 1/2"h his first poster printed by Rob Day. Limited to 875 numbered copies #338/875 pencil signed by Lance Hidy. Near Fine faint creases. A poster well suited for framing will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Signed and Numbered Limited Edition. Poster. Near Fine. 21 1/2" x 29 1/2". Lance Hidy books
1904008446New York: Street & Smith 1904. No.s 794 796 798 827 in addition to those above. 27 separate issues of this iconic boy's weekly magazine. One issue 1904 two issues 1907 two issues 1908 four issues 1910 17 issues 1911 one issue 1912. Ranging in condition from Good to Near Fine overall the large majority Very Good or better a few with prior owner name and/or old pencil prices. . First Printings. Newsprint. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Street & Smith Paperback books
1945008505New York: The Macmillan Co 1945. SCARCE SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR Maud and Miska Petersham at front end page. Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1946. A Good copy lacking the dust jacket front end page loose chips and small tears at edges of front end page text block completely free with old internal tape mend shadows in gutters front and back dampstain top corners of text in margins not affecting text or illustrations. A copy in need of and deserving restoration as SIGNED copies of this award winner are SCARCE. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Macmillan Co, Hardcover books
1911008492Chicago: Reilly & Britton 1911. Six Volumes 32mo 4" h x 3" w. The Night Before Christmas dated 1905 the rest 1911. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial paste downs to front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White end papers each book with numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set lacking the original slipcase spines a bit rubbed contents clean and unmarked hinges solid. SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Reilly & Britton, Hardcover books
1950008952New York: McCall Corporation 1950. Seven of the first nine Redbook Magazines from 1950-51 1.3.4.5.6.7 and 9 that each contained an original Dr. Seuss story overall Very Good wear with paper loss at spine ends some with tears at spine folds toning some pages with small corner creases. Jun. 1950 Vol. 95 No.2 "Gustav the Goldfish" p. 48-51; Aug. 1950 Vol.95 No.4 "Tad and Todd" p.56-58; Sep. 1950 Vol. 95 No. 5 "Marco Comes Late" p.58-59 Oct. 1950 Vol. 95 No.6 "How Officer Pat Saved the Whole Town"; p.46-48; Nov. 1950 Vol. 96 No.1 "Steak for Supper" p. 44-46; Dec.1950 Vol.96 No.2 "The Big Brag" p.46-47; Feb. 1951 Vol. 96 No.4 "The Rabbit the Bear and the Zinniga-Zanniga" p.46-47. Between June 1950 and December 1957 Seuss had 23 original stories first published in Redbook Magazine. At least 3 of the 23 predated the first book publications of the same titles. "Gustav the Goldfish" was the basis for the book A FISH OUT OF WATER by Helen Palmer Seuss' first wife. The 2 stories are identical in plot while Helen's book does not rhyme and is illustrated by P.D. Eastman. Six of the seven stories were featured in two Random House books of "lost" Seuss stories The Bippolo Seed and Other Stories 2011 and Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories 2014 both with forewords by Charles D Cohen. Individually and collectively these magazines are SCARCE in current commerce with few individual copies ever showing up at auction. A RARE opportunity for the dedicated Dr. Seuss collector. . First Printings. Magazine. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. McCall Corporation Paperback books
1870008770Boston: Roberts Brothers 1870. 341 pages with 10 pages publisher's ads price for the 2 volume Little Women set at terminal page $3.00. Title page states "with iIllustrations" and dated 1870 copyright page dated 1868. In terra cotta cloth with gilt vignette front cover and spine. dark brown end papers. Frontispiece illustration and 3 illustrations in text. Good cloth torn at rear hinge cloth worn at corners and edges end papers chipped at cotners and small edge tears scattered toning throughout faint prior owner name in pencil front brown end page dated 1871. Nonetheless a complete early printing of part I of this enduring and endearing classic. . Later Printing. Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Roberts Brothers Hardcover books
197016203JLos Angeles circa 1970s. Original Saturn Award Statue from the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films. Made of heavy cast metal in the design of the planet Saturn with its rings the award also has a resemblance to a flying saucer. This is an early anonymous Saturn Award with an aged and flaked gold finish which has a nice vintage look. It is about 10 inches tall and 6 1/2 inches wide at the ring. The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films is an American non-profit organization established in 1972 dedicated to the advancement of science fiction fantasy and horror in film television and home video. The Academy is headquartered in Los Angeles California and was founded by Dr. Donald A. Reed. The Academy distributes its Saturn Awards annually to the best films of the genres. The list of winners and honorees is extensive with Saturn Awards having been presented to such figures as Ray Bradbury Gene Roddenberry Fritz Lang Gloria Swanson Steven Spielberg George Lucas Vincent Price Nichelle Nichols Bryan Cranston J.J. Abrams Christopher Nolan Ryan Coogler John Barrowman Jeff Ross James Cameron David Lynch Billy Wilder Christopher Lee Guillermo del Toro Burgess Meredith William Shatner John Williams George Burns Dean Devlin Gale Anne Hurd William Katt Richard Donner Michael Biehn Dino DeLaurentiis Arnold Schwarzenneger Bryan Fuller Yvette Nichole Brown Vincent Price Elsa Lanchester Peter Jackson Dario Argento Jeff Bridges Patrick Stewart Bruce Campbell KJ Apa Chloe Grace Moretz Mark Hamill Sarah Michelle Gellar Timothee Chalamet Andrew Lincoln Kirsten Dunst Mel Brooks Billy Dee Williams David Hedison Leonard Nimoy etc. unknown books
1936007846Novara Italy : Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini 1936. RARE. First and only edition of this children's alphabet book published specifically for Italian children living abroad intended to indoctrinate them in the strength and glories of Mussolini's Fascist government. Very Good foxing to blank paste downs boards rubbed at edges. Foreword by Piero Parini director for the Fascist flagship newspaper Il Popolo d'Italia and coordinator of Fascist organizations of the Italian diaspora. 88 pp. With striking modernist and cubist-inspired full-color illustrations every page by the poster artist C.V. Testi and poems by Vincenzo Fraschetti. RARE given the intended audience and the postwar drive to eliminate Fascist material especially from librairies. Worldcat shows 3 institutional holdings 2 in the US and 1 in Germany. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Small 4to. Officine Dell'istituto Geografico De Agostini, Hardcover books
1899007161France: Eragny Press 1899. Published in an edition of 224 copies 200 of which were for sale. In original pale blue decorative paper boards gilt lettering front cover 2 gilt decorations at spine with lovely wood engravings and decorative initials designed by Lucien Pissarro and engraved by Lucien and Esther Pissarro printed on handmade paper. Very Good spine a bit darkened endpages with usual toning small bookseller's stickers bottom edge front and rear paste downs. A quite charming edition of these classic fairy tales. . Limited Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Board. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. Eragny Press Hardcover books
198731332Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe/Doubleday SFBC 1987. First US hardcover edition first prnt. Signed by Pratchett on the title page. Dustjacket art by Josh Kirby. Upper board corners tapped and dustjacket bottom corner just touched not immediately apparent. Bright tight copy in Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. This is one of the Doubleday Science Fiction Book Club copies.The code "11154" printed on the rear panel of the dustjacket "Book Club Edition" printed on lower corner of front flap no ISBN code "R32" printed on p188 and "First published in 1986 by Colin Smythe Limited Gerrards Cross Buckinghamshire" on the copyright page. St. Martin's Press intended to issue the US edition of Pratchett's novel but Colin Smythe declined their offer for subsidiary rights and granted Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club license to publish a book club edition. The first hardcover edition published in the US. My thanks to Colin Smythe for this information. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Colin Smythe/Doubleday SFBC Hardcover books
1963008316New York: Viking Press 1963. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on half-title page - " For Dana Ericson - best wishes Ezra Jack Keats". Stated Second printing February 1963 with Caldecott Award medal front panel $3.00 price with Caldecott mention front flap and lovely snowflake decorated end papers. Near Fine slight bow to front board in a Near Fine dust jacket hint of a crease and trace of wear at head of spine. SIGNED copies of this groundbreaking and award winning children's book are RARE in any printing and particularly so in such lovely condition. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Second Printing. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Oblong 8vo. Viking Press Hardcover books
